Corn-harvester.



F. W. DILL.

. CORN HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2a, 1913.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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P. W.. DILL CORN HARVESTER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23. 1913. 1,1 19,072, Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914..

Application filed September 23, 1913. Serial No. 791,367.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. DILL, citizen of the United States,residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lincoln and State of Kansas, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Harvesters, ofwhichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to corn harvesters,

and has for its object the simplification of the construction to the endthat anefficient' corn harvester may be produced at a low cost. c I

Another object of the invention isto pro- .mle eflicient and novel meansfordirecting the corn stalks against the knife and over upon theplatform, and a further object is to provide meansfor supporting the outstalks in position to be easily tied into a bundle. r

A still further object of the invention is to providea novel knife whichwill auto matically act upon the stalks to sever the hereinafter firstfully described andthen .more particularly pointed out in the claimsfollowing the description.

" In the drawings: Figure 1 1s a plan view of a corn harvesterconstructed in accordance with myinvention; Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the same; Fig. 3 is a front end elevation with parts in section;.Fig.t-is a detail sectional view of a portion of theguid- In carrying outmyinvention, I employ a platform 1 which may be of any desired dimensionsand is illustrated as supported at its front end upon. a pair of runnersor sled 2 which is pivotally connected with the platform, as indicatedat 3. A- pair ofhounds, or other draft device, 4 is attachedto the saidsled or runners so that the machine may be drawn over the field andeasily guided. The rear end of the platformmay also be supported uponrunners, if preferred, but I have illustrated it as supported upon apair ofwheels 5 one of which is mounted upon -1 the end of a combinedaxle and frame bar 6 which is secured to the under side of the platformand extends to the rear extremity thereof and is then extended laterallybeyond the side of the platform to receive and support the rear end of afender or guide arm 7. The other wheel 5 is mounted upon a stub-axle 8which projects laterally from a casting 9, slidably mounted upon thesaid bar or arm 7 so that the wheel may be adjusted to such point aswill most advantageously'support the platform.

As shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 3, the guiding and supporting arm 7 isspaced from the side edge of the platform, and extends forwardlyindivergent relation thereto, the object being to permit the machine to bedrawn over the field with the platform adjacent the row of standingplants, so that as the machine travels forwardly the platform and theguiding arm will pass on opposite sides of the row so that the knife 10mounted upon the casting 9 will be drawn against the plants and cut downthe same. The said knife is pivotally mounted upon the casting 9 and hasan'outer arm 11 projecting beyond its pivot, a spring 12 being attachedto the extremity of said arm and to the rear end of the supporting baror arm 7 or the laterally extending portion of the axle 6 so that thespring normally holds the knife across the space between the guide armand the platform. When the knife is drawn against the standing plantsthe spring will yield sufficiently to prevent bending of the knife butwill exert suflicient force to hold the knife against the stalk so thatthe continued travel of the machine will draw the knife through thestalk and, consequently, sever the same. The guiding arm or bar 7 ispreferably tubular and in the front end of, said arm is secured theextremity 13 ofa deflector 14 which extends slightly forward from the.front end of the guiding bar orarm and. then extends upwardly andrearwardly to a point in advance ofthe knife but near the same, whenceit is carried transversely toward the platform in a curve 15 whichterminates at a point 16 substantially over the adjacent edge of theplatform. From the said point 16 the deflector extends diagonally acrossthe platform to the post 17 to which it is secured. The said post 17 is,as clearly shown, erected 'upon the platform at the side opposite theknife and carries a twine holder 18 so that a supply of binding twinewill be within convenient reach of the opera-tor.

Secured upon. the edge of the platform, adjacent the guiding arm 7 andthe deflector 14:, is a plate 19 which constitutes a co-acting guide anddeflector and also serves. as a wind-shield. This combined defiectorandwind-shield is preferably a sheet metal plate, having one edgeco-extensive with and rigidly secured to the edge of the platform andhaving-its body portion inclined upwardly and outwardly from said edge.The plate is substantially triangular, the-base of the triangle beingsecured to the platform and 10 a the sides of the triangle risingtherefrom. The edges of the plate forming the sides of the triangle arerolled inwardly towardthe platform and over the main body of the plate,as shown at 20 and 21, so as to-present convex surfaces to the plants as*they are forced inwardly to the platform wherebyinjury to the plantsvas-they are loaded ontothe platform will be avoided. Therear extremityof vthis combined wind-shield and deflector extends close to the knife10 so thatthe stalks will beheld in proper-position-to be cut by theknife and will be prop-- erly tilted sothat they willdrop-upon theplatform in such relation that-they may-be easily gathered into abundle. 'To facilitate I rearuend Of'thPlittfOIIIl for the driver,-but

this seat may,.of" course, be placedatany other convenient point .or:may be omitted entirely.

It. will be readily-:seenvthat I have-provided a simple corn-harvesterwhich will out down thestandingiplants as. it isidrawnover the fieldiand :will support the plants in -po- 'sition to beeasilytiediinto abundle without any liability of any of the stalksbeing'lost. Theterminal '13of1the deflector His ad- 'justably held .in the:IEIOIltextremity of the guiding and supporting;:bar 7 by a setscrew, 25:threaded into the end of the arm,

' and a reinforcing collarr26amounted thereon, andqadapteduto bearagainst-theterininal 13,:as clearly-:shown in-Fig. 4. By thisarrangement,f1 am: enabledwtoaadjust the deflector 14: so that it willbe brought intothe proper'relation to the deflector 19 to accommodatestalks of any thickness and effectually hold the stalks to the co-actingdeflector as' the machine passes along the row. 7

What I claim is l.v A corn harvester comprising a portable platform, aplate secured to the plat form and extendingalong one side thereof,

said plate projecting outwardly and upwardly from the platform andhaving its upper edge andits rear edge rolled inwardly toward theplatform over its main body, and

i211 co-acting deflector supported from the platform beyond andinspacedrelation with the said plate. J

2.'A corn-harvester comprising a port able platform, a guiding andsupporting arm carried by the'platform in spaced re-- lation to the sidethereof,co-acting deflectors carried by saidnarni and the platform, aknifepivoted upon the 'saidarm'in rear of and adjacent the deflectorsand extending inwardly from-the supporting-arm, an arm tion carriedtransversely over i the platform,

a knife pivotally mounted on said arm and extending toward the platform,means for holding the knifev normally advanced, and

a deflector plate secured to the: :side of the platform and inclinedoutwardly and upwardly therefrom, the upper andirear edges ofs'aiddeflector plate being rolled inwardly over the body thereof and thedeflector rod having a transverse portion curved .concentric'ally-withthe rear rolled-edge offthe dc Hector-plate. c I i ln testimony whereofliafiix my. signature in presence of two witnesses.

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